Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 2 | Many of them are farming for little more than the subsidies . |
| 3 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 4 | ‘ It really was good fun , although I am hoping for fair weather for next week 's voyage . ’ |
| 5 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 6 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 7 | I am looking for short biographies of female scientists — of any discipline — for use in school . |
| 8 | Erm at the moment okay I 've sold my my last car recently erm I am looking for another . |
| 9 | A first time garden is usually small and certainly the typical one I am imagining for this series is no more than 40ft x 20ft and surrounded on all sides by other houses . |
| 10 | ‘ I am doomed for all eternity . ’ |
| 11 | The conductor will say , ‘ So that I can communicate my ideas to the orchestra ’ ; and the orchestra will say , ‘ So that he can learn the repertory at our expense ’ ; and the manager will say , ‘ Because I am paying for all this and I insist you rehearse . ’ |
| 12 | A paying consumer at least feels he or she can say , ‘ I am paying for this service . |
| 13 | ‘ I am planning for next season , even though I am not sure what the future holds . |
| 14 | When I arrive outside the refuge where I am to stay for several weeks ; it is a house with no name . |
| 15 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 16 | I am waiting for quiet from everyone . |
| 17 | ‘ If I kiss you , will I be prosecuted for sexual harassment when we get back to England ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'm hoping for brisker trade on the road . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think I 'm constructed for physical labour . |
| 20 | I 'm stopping for another . |
| 21 | It is I 'm looking for five er may be for each of those companies so that 's thirty people I could be looking for . |
| 22 | I 'm looking for that er , you did n't ge you did n't find that planner did you ? |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm looking for controlled aggression and strict discipline at all times . |
| 24 | so I 'm looking for one other thing which is not too big and not too small |
| 25 | I 'm looking for some smokes to smoke . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm looking for this girl . |
| 27 | Oh it 's not a case of putting the world to rights I 'm looking for this bacon |
| 28 | I 'm looking for more than a secretary , you understand . |
| 29 | I 'm looking for another entrance . |
| 30 | I 'm looking for another one but |